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African Union asks for suspension of al-Bashir arrest warrant
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 27 - 07 - 2010


African leaders on Tuesday asked the United
Nations to suspend an arrest warrant against Sudan's president, Omar
al-Bashir, to allow them to carry out their own investigation, reported the dpa.
The International Criminal Court accuses al-Bashir of war crimes
and genocide in the restive Darfur province. However, the African
Union has long opposed the arrest warrant, accusing the international
tribunal of targeting only African leaders.
"We have decided to establish our own mechanism to approach the
Sudan problem," Malawian president and AU chairman, Bingu wa
Mutharika, told reporters at the end of a three-day AU summit in
Kampala.
"We are asking the UN to postpone the period for the warrants of
arrest for 12 months to allow us find what is really happening on the
ground and corroborate our findings with those of the ICC," he added.
Al-Bashir is the only sitting head of state facing an arrest
warrant, a fact that irks the AU.
"We are not condoning impunity, genocides or any forms of crimes
either by individuals or by a head of state," the AU chief was quoted by dpa as saying. "But foreigners cannot decide on an issue concerning a head of state."
Al-Bashir has dismissed the warrant, and last week travelled to an
ICC member state for the first time since the warrant for war crimes
in Darfur was issued against him in March 2009.
The ICC added three counts of genocide to the warrant this month
relating to the long conflict, which the United Nations says has
claimed 300,000 lives.
The president visited Chad, sparking angry calls for the Chadian
government to live up to its commitments and arrest him.
However, Chad was more concerned about mending fences with its
neighbour. The two nations cut diplomatic relations in the past amid
mutual accusations that each was supporting the other's rebel groups
in a proxy war.
Al-Bashir did not attend the AU conference.
The ICC has no police force and relies on its member states to
arrest suspects.


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